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G. M. HARRISON.

WAGON BODY. No. 593,769.

Patented Nov. 16, 1897.

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GEORGE MORTIMORE HARRISON, OF HUMBOLDT, IOWA.

WAGON-BODY.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent'No. 593,769, dated November 16, 1897.

Application filed May 12,

T to whom' it may concern: I

Be it known that I, GEORGE MORTIMORE IIARRIsON,a citizen of the Dominion of Canada, residing at Humboldt, in the county of Humboldt and State of Iowa, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Wagon-Bodies, of which the following is a 'full and complete specification, such as will enable those skilled in the art'to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to wagon-bodies; and the object thereof is to provide an improved lock or fastening device for securing the separate parts of a wagon-body together when said body is composed of two or more longitudinal portions. The invention is fully disclosed in the following specification, of which the accompanying drawings form a part, in which- Figure 1 is a side view of a part of a wagonbody composed of two separate portions held together by myimproved lock or fastening device; Fig. 2, a similar view of a part of the sideof'a wagon-body composed of three separate portions which are held together by my improved lock or fastening devicepFig. 3, a section on the line 3 3 of Fig. 1; Fig. 4, a section on the line 4 4 of Fig. 2, and Fig. 5 a per spective View of a detail of the construction which I employ.

In the drawings formingpart of this specification, reference being made to Figs. 1 and 2, I have shown a part of the side of a wagonbody which is composed of a longitudinal top portion 6 and a longitudinal bottom portion 7, and at 8 in Figs. 3 aud t I have shown a part of the bottom of the wagon-body, and'in the practice of my invention, reference being made to Figs, 1 and 2, I provide a lock or.

1897- SerlalNo. 636,156. (NomodeL) with a corresponding semicircular .hook or curve 12, and in practice I provide a lockinglever 13, one end of which is pivotally connected with the semicircular hook or curve 12, as shown at 14, and the hook or curve 11 on the upper plate or bar 9 is also pivotally connected with thelocking-lever 11, near the end thereof, as shown at 15.-

The lower plate or bar 10 of the locking device is provided with a pin 16 and the locking-lever 13 with a perforation or opening 17,, which is adapted to receive said pin, and the lower end of the locking-lever. is provided with an outwardly-directed arm 18, by which it is manipulated.

The lower end of the lower plate or bar 10 of the locking device is provided on its opposite sides with transverse notches or recesses 19, any desired number of which may be employed, and these notches or recesses are formed diagonally of the sides of said plate or bar, as shown in Fig. 3, and I also provide a plate 20, a perspective view of which is given in Fig. 5,, and which is adapted to be secured to the bottom 8 of the wagon-body, as shown in Fig. 3, and the end of which is provided with outwardly-directed jaws 21, which are adapted to be passed through the notches or recesses 19 in the lower end of the plate or bar 10, and these jaws are downwardly curved, and said plate or bar 20 and said jaws 21, which are formed thereon, are composed of heavy spring metal, and in connecting the lock or fastening device with the wagon-body the jaws 21 of the plate 20 are passed through the notches 19 in the lower end of the lower plate or-bar 10, the lockinglever 13 is detached from" thepin 16 and turned upwardly, and the hook is passed over the upper edge of the upper portion 6 V of the wagon-body, and the locking-lever 13 is then swung down into the position shown in Fig. 3 and connected with the pin 16, and this operation draws the separate parts of the looking or fastening device together and securely holds the separate parts of the wagonbody in proper position. I I

In the construction shown in Figs. 2 and 4: the wagon-body is composed ofthree separate parts 6, 7, and 22, the upper parts or portions beingdesignated by the same reference-numerals as in Figs. 1 and 3, and in this case the lock or fastening device consists of the plates or bars 9 and 10 and the bottom plate or bar 23, and the plates or bars 9 and 10 and the locking-lever 13 are of the same form and construction as hereinbefore described, and the lower or supplemental plate or bar 23 is curved at its upper end, as shown in Fig. 4, and provided with backwardly-directed teeth, which are adapted to enter the notches or recesses 19 in the lower end of the plate or bar 10, and the lower end of the plate or bar 23 is screw-threaded, as shown at 25, and provided with a nut or bur 26, and in this form of construction the jaws 21 of the plate are passed around the screw-threaded portion 25 of the plate or bar 23 and grasp and hold the nut 27, which may be screwed up as tightly as desired, and the operation will be substantially the same with this form of construction as with that shown in Figs. 1 and 3. Y

My improved lock or fastening device is simple in construction and operation and perfectly adapted to accomplish the result for which it is intended, and may be applied to wagon bodies constructed of two or more parts wherever such devices are required.

Having fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. The herein-described locking device for wagon-bodies, the same consisting of two plates or bars, which are provided at one end with semicircular hooks or curves, a lockinglever pivotally connected with the ends of said semicircular hooks or curves, one of said plates or bars being provided at its free end with a hook which is adapted to engage with the top of the side of a wagon-body, and the other with means for securing it to the bottom of said wagon-body, substantially as shown and described.

2. The herein-described locking device for wagon-bodies, the same consisting of two plates or bars, which are provided at one end with semicircular hooks or curves, a lockinglevcr pivotally connected with the ends of said semicircular hooks or curves, one of said plates or bars being provided at its free end with a hook which is adapted to engage with the top of the side of a wagon-body, and the other with means for securing it to the bottom of said wagon-body, consisting of transverse notches or recesses formed in the sides thereof, and a plate which is secured to the bottom of the wagon-body and provided with jaws which are adapted to pass through said notches or recesses, substantially as shown and described.

3. The herein-described locking device for wagon -bodies, the same consisting of two plates or bars, which are provided at one end with semicircular hooks or curves, a lockinglever pivotally connected with the ends of said semicircular hooks or curves, one of'said plates or bars being provided at its free end with a hook which is adapted to engage with the top of the side of a wagon-body, and the other with means for securing it to the bottom of said wagon-body, said locking-lever being provided with an opening, and one of said plates or bars with a pin which is adapted to pass therethrough,substantially as shown and described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed my name, in presence of the subscribing witnesses, this 8th day of May, 1807.

GEORGE MORTIMORE HARRISON.

Witnesses:

WILLIAM DAVID LOGAN, J. B. SWAIN. 

